Google has released a progress report on the relative number of Android devices, where the data collected during the last week, have been obtained on the 4th of September this year, according to the results of treatment of Android devices to the online store Play Market.

Share of Google Android devices according to version with no of API

Android Version

Android Version Name

No of API’s

Share %

2.2

Froyo

8

2.4%

2.3.3 -2.3.7

Gingerbread

10

30.7%

3.2

Honeycomb

13

0.1%

4.0.3 – 4.0.4

Ice Cream Sandwich

15

21.7%

4.1.x

Jelly Bean

16

36.6%

4.2.x

17

8.5%

The main innovation that has affected a report this month, for the removal of his devices with operating system versions prior to Android 2.2, because, as claimed in the company, these devices do not support the new version of Google Play Store, which allows measurement of the number of devices connecting to the active store applications. This approach to the calculation, according to Google, best reflects the potential user base.

In addition, the report decided not to include devices running on operating systems, whose share is less than 0.1%.